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Salacious   /səlˈeɪʃəs/   Listen
Salacious

adjective
1.
Characterized by lust.  Synonyms: lubricious, lustful, prurient.  "Her sensuous grace roused his lustful nature" , "Prurient literature" , "Prurient thoughts" , "A salacious rooster of a little man"
2.
Suggestive of or tending to moral looseness.  Synonyms: lewd, obscene, raunchy.  "An indecent gesture" , "Obscene telephone calls" , "Salacious limericks"



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"Salacious" Quotes from Famous Books



... said he, "for the Cafe Delphine, and my throat thirsts for sociable alcohol. If you can cease the prostitution of your art to a salacious public for an hour or two, I shall be ...
— The Beloved Vagabond • William J. Locke

... sensationalism: a newspaper should be scrupulously accurate, it should be clean, it should avoid everything salacious or suggestive, everything that could offend good taste or lower the moral tone of its readers; but within these limits it is the duty of a newspaper to print the news. When I speak of good taste and of good moral tone I do not mean the kind of good taste which is offended by every reference to ...
— An Adventure With A Genius • Alleyne Ireland

... our eyes and ears, pure as air. We find no fault in her. Certainly, from any standpoint, her conduct is irreproachable; yet, surprisingly enough, when she becomes insane, she sings tainted songs, and salacious suggestions are on her lips, which in sane hours never uttered a syllable of such a sort. And Shakespeare is wrong? No; follow him. Thoughts are like rooms when shutters are closed and blinds down, and can not, therefore, be seen. We tell our thoughts, or conceal them, according to our ...
— A Hero and Some Other Folks • William A. Quayle



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